I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me. Whenever there was an Asian person on television, it would be a huge event, me calling to my older sister 'There's an Asian person on television!' It was unheard of back then.
To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.
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| John Barry, Composer (1933) |
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| Walker Evans, Photographer (1903) |
| Brenda Fassie, Musician (1964) |
| Bob Feller, Athlete (1918) |
| Hans Janmaat, Politician (1934) |
| Franklin Jones, Celebrity (1939) |
| Phil Katz, Scientist (1962) |
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| Bob Kane, Artist (1998) |


